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1*c96ccc20Sclaudio.\"	$OpenBSD: iscsid.8,v 1.11 2025/01/21 12:26:47 claudio Exp $
2d59350a6Sdlg.\"
3d59350a6Sdlg.\" Copyright (c) 2010 David Gwynne <dlg@openbsd.org>
4d59350a6Sdlg.\"
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6d59350a6Sdlg.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
7d59350a6Sdlg.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
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17*c96ccc20Sclaudio.Dd $Mdocdate: January 21 2025 $
18d59350a6Sdlg.Dt ISCSID 8
19d59350a6Sdlg.Os
20d59350a6Sdlg.Sh NAME
21d59350a6Sdlg.Nm iscsid
2273d4fc9bSjmc.Nd iSCSI (Internet SCSI) daemon
23d59350a6Sdlg.Sh SYNOPSIS
24d59350a6Sdlg.Nm
25f91d3f97Ssthen.Op Fl dv
26c8d06360Ssobrado.Op Fl n Ar device
27d59350a6Sdlg.Op Fl s Ar socket
28d59350a6Sdlg.Sh DESCRIPTION
29d59350a6Sdlg.Nm
30d59350a6Sdlgis an Internet SCSI
31d59350a6Sdlg.Pq iSCSI
32d59350a6Sdlginitiator implementation.
33d59350a6Sdlg.Pp
34d59350a6Sdlg.Nm
35d59350a6Sdlgis usually started at boot time.
36d59350a6Sdlg.Pp
37d59350a6SdlgA running
38d59350a6Sdlg.Nm
39d59350a6Sdlgcan be controlled with the
40d59350a6Sdlg.Xr iscsictl 8
41d59350a6Sdlgutility.
42d59350a6Sdlg.Pp
43d59350a6SdlgThe options are as follows:
44d59350a6Sdlg.Bl -tag -width Ds
45d59350a6Sdlg.It Fl d
46d59350a6SdlgDo not daemonize.
47d59350a6SdlgIf this option is specified,
48d59350a6Sdlg.Nm
49d59350a6Sdlgwill run in the foreground and log to
50d59350a6Sdlg.Em stderr .
51c8d06360Ssobrado.It Fl n Ar device
52d59350a6SdlgUse an alternate /dev entry for communicating with the kernel.
53d59350a6Sdlg.It Fl s Ar socket
54d59350a6SdlgUse an alternate location for the default control socket.
55f91d3f97Ssthen.It Fl v
56f91d3f97SsthenProduce more verbose output.
57d59350a6Sdlg.El
58d59350a6Sdlg.Sh FILES
59d59350a6Sdlg.Bl -tag -width "/var/run/iscsid.sockXX" -compact
60b9170857Ssobrado.It Pa /etc/iscsi.conf
6180631dfaSclaudioDefault
62cdc4b871Sjmc.Nm
6380631dfaSclaudioconfiguration file.
64b9170857Ssobrado.It Pa /dev/vscsi0
65d59350a6SdlgDefault device used to exchange SCSI messages with the kernel midlayer.
66b9170857Ssobrado.It Pa /var/run/iscsid.sock
67d59350a6Sdlg.Ux Ns -domain
68d59350a6Sdlgsocket used for communication with
69d59350a6Sdlg.Xr iscsictl 8 .
70d59350a6Sdlg.El
71d59350a6Sdlg.Sh SEE ALSO
72d59350a6Sdlg.Xr vscsi 4 ,
73cdc4b871Sjmc.Xr iscsi.conf 5 ,
74d59350a6Sdlg.Xr iscsictl 8
75e8dc2910Sjmc.Sh STANDARDS
76d59350a6Sdlg.Rs
77d59350a6Sdlg.%D April 2004
78e8dc2910Sjmc.%R RFC 3721
79e8dc2910Sjmc.%T Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (iSCSI) Naming and Discovery
80d59350a6Sdlg.Re
81*c96ccc20Sclaudio.Pp
82*c96ccc20Sclaudio.Rs
83*c96ccc20Sclaudio.%D April 2014
84*c96ccc20Sclaudio.%R RFC 7143
85*c96ccc20Sclaudio.%T Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) Protocol (Consolidated)
86*c96ccc20Sclaudio.Re
87d59350a6Sdlg.Sh HISTORY
88d59350a6SdlgThe
89d59350a6Sdlg.Nm
90d59350a6Sdlgprogram first appeared in
91d59350a6Sdlg.Ox 4.9 .
92d59350a6Sdlg.Sh AUTHORS
9344e68d47Sschwarze.An Claudio Jeker Aq Mt claudio@openbsd.org .
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